Radio gas in wells linked to quake prediction gains
Berkeley Laboratory researchers report radon levels in well water may forecast earthquakes. China and Russia allegedly used the method to predict tremors hours ahead, with UC and National Center for Earthquake Research studying the technique.
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China
Russia
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Health Physics
University of California
National Center For Earthquake Research
Menlo Park
Colombian Tarzan Begins 1000 Mile Magdalena Swim
Alberto Rojas Lesmes, a 24 year old Indian who calls himself the Colombian Tarzan, starts the second lap of a 1000 mile swim down the Magdalena River. He aims to complete the south to north crossing in 21 days and reach the river mouth on the Caribbean coast by July 20, Independence Day. Rojas promotes his image with photos of jungle animals.
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Colombia
UPI
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Magdalena River
Alberto Rojas Lesmes
Caribbean
Spain
Rojas
Alaska Pipeline Cost Overrun Raises Project Budget
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co says the Alaska oil pipeline will cost 7.7 billion dollars, about ten percent above earlier estimates. The 800 mile system from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez faces higher materials and freight costs and lower productivity, with completion planned for next year.
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Anchorage, Alaska
API
Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Prudhoe
Arctic
Valdez
First Man Convicted of Prostitution in Wichita
Randy L. Williamson, 25, became Wichita’s first man convicted of prostitution after a no contest plea. Judge Cliff Ratner fined him 200 dollars plus 7 dollars in costs, but paroled him on 50 dollars and costs. Detective Bev Artman noted the historic conviction. Williamson was arrested April 30 at a downtown motor hotel after offering to perform any act for 50 dollars.
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Wichita
Kan
UPI
Randy L. Williamson
Williamson
Cliff Ratner
Vice Squad
Bev Artman
Inside Prison Canteen Robbery Sparks Inmate Probe
Prison officials in Alabama report an inside job robbery at Fountain Correctional Center where the inmate canteen was looted of about $2,000 over the weekend. An on duty inmate says he was struck by two masked men, while officials suspect money passed to visitors.
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Atmore
Ala
UPI
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Alabama State Prison
Walter Capps
Riverside brush fire flares in Reche Canyon injures five firefighters
A brush fire in Reche Canyon, Riverside, flared anew on Wednesday despite an earlier report of containment. Five fire fighters suffered minor injuries as flames moved north toward San Timoteo Canyon, near Redlands, with no homes or structures damaged, per the California Division of Forestry.
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Calif
UPI
Reche Canyon
Badlands
San Timoteo Canyon
Tallships' Grand Finale Opens in Newport Harbor
Tallships 76 moves into its final day with 20 windjammers sailing toward New York Harbor for Independence Day events. Crown Prince Harald and Princess Sonja attend ceremonies aboard the Christian Radich as Norwegian cadets aboard the Radich await their shore visit.
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R.I
UPI
New York Harbor
Harald
Princess Sonja
Norway
Christian Radich
Radich
Eivind Strow
Narcotics Charges Across Metro Districts End Week Busts
Thirteen people including four juveniles were arrested in two narcotics raids led by Metro officers and Arizona officials. In the Sylvia Street raid, four adults and four juveniles were booked for possession and contributing to delinquency, with about 10 pounds of marijuana and small quantities of cocaine seized and valued at 1600 dollars. A second raid at Swandale Court netted five suspects for sale of a controlled substance, with three ounces of cocaine and about two pounds of marijuana seized. two of the charged individuals faced additional deadly weapon counts.
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Clark County
Glen Darwin Kester
Thomas J. Coppola
Sylvia St
Dave
Ryan Lyons
Kona Coast
Charles Allen Christianson
Renada Circle
Sylvia
Arizona Deartment of Public Safety Oficials
Swandale Court
Thomas Edward Sims
Pedro Merino
Mitchell Dean Hannah
Steven Steven Clair Langa
William Joseph Valdez
Plaza del Sol
Sims
Merino
Hannah
Valdez
Quicker Trials Loom For Career Criminals
Clark County will pilot a LEAA funded program to speed up handling of habitual offenders. Las Vegas Atty. Carl Lovell said $164000 federal funds will help cut time from arrest to imprisonment to about 60 days, with the county district attorney coordinating efforts and the municipal court gaining faster offender identification.
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Las Vegas
Carl Lovell
Lovell
FBI
Nevada Crime Commission
State Planning Agency
Washington, D.C
SEAA
British Mercenaries Plea Reaches London Bound Jet
A Boeing 747 carrying a plea for mercy flies from Luanda toward London with lawyer Herbert Kerrigan delivering a message from diplomat Hugh Byatt. The Angola trial condemned four mercenaries to death and jailed nine others, with two Americans named Gearhart and Barker among those sentenced.
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UPI
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Angola
British Airways
Luanda
Herbert Kerrigan
London
Kerrigan
Hugh Byatt
Byatt
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
John Barker
Tony Callan
Andrew McKenzie
Robert Cesner
Columbus
Ohio
Agostinho Neto
Brothel Brawl Probed by Las Vegas Police
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Internal Affairs Division probes a disturbance at Sherri's Ranch, about 70 miles from Las Vegas, after at least four officers may have been involved. Deputy Chief Ray Gubser says a team checked the ranch on Wednesday. some officers with men may have been present and the bartender fight followed by ejections, with no arrests or charges yet reported by Lincoln County Sheriff Woody Woodward.
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Las Vegas
Sherri’s
Gubser
Woody Woodward
Lincoln County
Police typist removed from SLA trial jury panel
A Los Angeles Police Department clerk typist was dismissed from the jury pool in the Symbionese Liberation Army case after she disclosed overhearing a juror express belief that the defendants were guilty. The issue arose amid an eighth day of jury selection in the multi count armed robbery, kidnapping, and assault trial of William and Emily Harris. Patricia Hearst faces a separate proceeding for bank robbery in San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
UPI
William
Emily Harris
SLA
Samuel Mayerson
Mark Brandler
Harrises
Patricia Hearst
San Diego
San Francisco
Preferred Sales Fully Operative After Weekend Fire
The fire Sunday at Preferred Sales at 418 Mesquite Ave destroyed a warehouse adjacent to the main building. Owner Marvin Myers said the loss of business came from customers assuming the entire business was destroyed, but he noted the business was fully operative the day after the fire.
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Preferred Sales
Mesquite Ave
Marvin Myers
Myers
Strictly For Laughs By Joey Adams
A collection of light animal jokes with wordplay and punch lines. An elephant, camels, cows, a leopard, and a rich lady’s dog contribute quick quips. Mother Rabbit humor walks the line between wonder and mischief as a magician’s reveal prompts a child's curiosity.
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